outgeneral
Example Sentences
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He had spent four hundred dollars in recovering one third of the stolen money, and had suffered the thief to outgeneral him.
From The Mystery of Monastery Farm by Naylor, H. R.
Then I saw an elderly gentleman pacing back and forth between two feminine chatterboxes, and trying to outgeneral the two happy people.
From A Romance in Transit by Lynde, Francis
Lincoln's friend in Kansas, instead of securing that delegation for him, had suffered the Seward men to outgeneral him, and the prospects were by no means flattering.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.
We resolve now and here to outgeneral circumstances.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
There were many signs, and I had to be always on the lookout to outgeneral them.
From Death Valley in '49 by Manly, William Lewis
